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Bogus antivirus program uses a dozen stolen signing certificates
2013-12-16 14:12:10| InfoWorld: Top News
A fake antivirus program in circulation uses at least a dozen stolen digital code-signing certificates, indicating cyber criminals are increasingly breaching the networks of software developers, Microsoft wrote on Sunday. The application, branded as "Antivirus Security Pro," was first detected in 2009 and has gone by a handful of other names over the years, according to a Microsoft advisory, which calls it by a single name, "Win32/Winwebsec."
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